Rob Dauster continues to be one of the pro-Providence, pro-Big East and very much pro-Kris Dunn national media members. Dauster released a list of players he believes will be “Breakout Stars” in college basketball this season and he included Ben Bentil, along with other Big East players Josh Hart (Villanova), Jalen Reynolds (Xavier) and Isaac Copeland (Georgetown) on his list.
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The national attention and praise for Kris Dunn keeps rolling in as College Basketball Talk at NBCSports.com named Dunn the top player in college basketball for the 2015-16 season. This is the second major national publication to declare Dunn the top player this year as CBS Sports did the same earlier this month. In addition to these accolades Dunn has also been named to Preseason All-American teams by Blue Ribbon College Yearbook, Sporting News and CBSSports.com. Blue Ribbon and CBSSports.com were First Team proclamations while Sporting News placed Dunn on their Second Team. You can find all of Dunn’s honors on his microsite created by Providence’s athletic department.
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The preseason honors keep rolling in for Kris Dunn. Dunn has already been named to a few preseason All-American teams and was named the preseason National Player of the Year by Blue Ribbon College Yearbook. On Monday CBS Sports announced their preseason All-American squads and Dunn found himself on the First Team again. Dunn joins Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield, LSU’s Ben Simmons, Gonzaga’s Kyle Wiltjer and Kentucky’s Skal Labissiere on the First Team.
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Providence College Athletics sent out a release on Wednesday that they will launch a Kris Dunn microsite at 10am on October 1st as part of Friars.com. The site will feature information about Dunn and be updated as the 2015-16 season goes on. This is a welcome sign from Providence Athletics as they have sometimes struggled to market and publicize their star players.
Here is the release:
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Whenever someone asks me if Providence is going to be good this season my answer always involved some form of “they’ll go as far as Kris Dunn can take them.” Dunn is the reigning Big East Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year and he is poised to have a monster season — one that is likely to be his final in a Friar uniform. Heading into this campaign there was expected hype around Dunn. He has been named to some preseason All-American teams by various publications and is likely to be the coaches’ pick for preseason Big East Player of the Year at the league’s media day in mid-October. One of the publications that included him on their First Team All-American squad was the famed Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook. On Tuesday their editor-in-chief Chris Dortch announced they would be naming Dunn as their Preseason National Player of the Year when the 35th anniversary edition of Blue Ribbon in a few weeks.
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The 2015-16 Providence Friars will go as far as Kris Dunn can carry them. Dunn received a number of accolades after the 2014-15 season by being named the Big East’s co-Player of the Year, co-Defensive Player of the Year and a member of the league’s First Team. He also was a second team All-American for NBCSports.com, honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press and a third team All-American for CBSSports.com. With LaDontae Henton exiting stage right — with his diploma in hand — it will clearly be Dunn’s team this season. The preseason honors will undoubtedly continue to roll in for the New London product.
Continue reading Kris Dunn Named Preseason All-American by Sporting News
Providence has two of it’s young players over in Croatia as part of the Global Sports Academy Goodwill Tour. Sophomore Jalen Lindsey and freshman Drew Edwards help make up a team of Division 1 college basketball players. The team is coached by top Siena assistant Greg Manning and the team will play 4 games during the 8 day tour of Croatia. The opponents will be professional teams in 4 different cities.
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